SPANISH III

Assignments by Title

Temas de Exposición (Voorhees)

Travel Brochure (Drobny)

Argentina - Official Government Tourist Site
Fodor's - Argentina
US State Dept - Argentina

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ARGENTINA
Temas de Exposición

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Tips for Research
Headlinespot [Search and read in Spanish, read from Argentinian news sources]. http://www.headlinespot.com/international/americas/argentina.htm

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Databases-Quality Sources

Biography Resource in Context (Gale database)

• TEMA/SEARCH TERM=Search biographies of Juan Manuel de Rosas, José de San Martín, Juan Perón, Eva Perón, Borges, Cortázar, Hernández, Echeverría, Roberto Arlt, Domingo, SarmientoCarlos Gardel, Raúl Alfonsín and Carlos Menem.

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Britannica Online School Edition (An excellent encyclopedia database which also provides links to journals and websites )
URL: http://www.school.eb.com/ OR go to the library websites drop menu
Search Britannica's OPEN WORKSPACE where articles have been saved and can be accessed as follows:
Username: Argentina
Password: eagle

• TEMA/SEARCH TERM=Search broad topic Argentina>Select from Table of Contents/Outline subtopics you are researching. For example, education, government....). You can search general terms such as major cities like Buenos Aires, tango, gauchos, etc. Guerra Sucia as a topic will be challenge---prove yourself to be an advanced information detective and FIND IT!
• SOURCE CITATION:" Argentina ." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010. Web. 6 Nov. 201.<http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-33129>.NOTE:
• see also http://www.school.eb.com/workspace2/display?id=368464

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CultureGrams (A Country search Proquest database)

• TEMA/SEARCH TERM=Argentina>Table of Contents/Outline>see subtopics: economy, education, governement, etc...
• SOURCE CITATION: "Argentina" CultureGrams Online Edition. ProQuest, 2010. Web. 6 Nov 2010. [Search CultureGrams Database]

Destiny/Online Book Catalog

• Search Web

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Gale Virtual Reference (Searches Gale eBooks/database. You must learn to navigate these eBooks using the Table of Contents and index online)

• TEMA/SEARCH TERM=Argentina>Table of Contents/Outline OR eBook Index
• SOURCE CITATION:
• Borden, Timothy G. "Argentina: From Economic Miracle to Political Meltdown." History Behind the Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide. Ed. Sonia G. Benson, Nancy Matuszak, and Meghan Appel O'Meara. Vol. 6. Detroit: Gale, 2003. 12-23. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 6 Nov. 2010.Document URL: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CCX3410600211&v=2.1&u=leyden&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w [Search Gale Virtual Reference Database]
• TEMA/SEARCH TERM=Nombres de personas importantes, otras temas.

Global Issues in Context (Gale database which uses a new portal layout with high appeal for todays learner. It includes videos, images, current news and reference resources)

Literature Resource Center (Gale database allowing the user to find information about authors and their works)


TEMA/SEARCH TERM= authors and titles of their work.
Escritores: Borges, Cortázar, Hernández
Student Resource in Context (An excellent Gale database with resources ranging from reference online to newspapers, journals, images and media sources)

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Temas de Exposición

1.El caudillo / Juan Manuel de Rosas

• "Juan Manuel de Rosas."Historic World Leaders. Gale, 1994. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 6 Nov. 2010.http:K1616000180&mode=view&userGroupName=leyden&jsid=4d1ba2942d21a1d17e4e8413f5a99240|tp://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=K12-Reference&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1616000180&mode=view&userGroupName=leyden&jsid=4d1ba2942d21a1d17e4e8413f5a99240

2. Juan Perón

• "Perón, Juan." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010. Web. 7 Nov. 2010 <http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-9059306>.

3. Eva Perón

• Perón, Eva: funeral in Buenos Aires. Video. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Web. 7 Nov. 2010 <http://www.school.eb.com/eb/art-127463>.

4. José de San Martín

• "San Martín, José de." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010. Web. 7 Nov. 2010 <http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-9065365>.

5. Los gauchos
See article in the Encyclopedia Britannica---it includes a video.
6. Los escritores
(Search Encyclopedia Britannica, Biography Resource in Context, Student Resource in Context and Gale's Literature Resource Center)
Jorge Luis Borges

• Balderston, Daniel. "Jorge Luis Borges." Modern Spanish American Poets: First Series. Ed. Maria Antonia Salgado. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 283. Literature Resource Center. Web. 7 Nov. 2010. Document URL : http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1200011397&v=2.1&u=leyden&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w

Julio Cortázar

• "Julio Cortazar." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Literature Resource Center. Web. 7 Nov. 2010. Document URL: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1000020856&v=2.1&u=leyden&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w

José Hernández

• "Hernández, José." Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1995. Literature Resource Center. Web. 7 Nov. 2010. Document URL: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CRN1480004381&v=2.1&u=leyden&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
• See also: El gaucho Martín Fierro [The Gaucho Martín Fierro] (epic poem) 1872.

7. El teatro / los dramaturgos
(Search Encyclopedia Britannica, Biography Resource in Context, Student Resource in Context....)
José Estéban Echeverría

• "José Estéban Echeverría." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998.Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 7 Nov. 2010.Document URL: http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=K12 Reference&prodId=SUIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1631001972&mode=view&userGroupName=leyden&jsid=ae571453932c4782fe567282c526f0aa

Roberto Artlt
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

• "Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino (1811-1888)." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 7 Nov. 2010.Document URL: http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=K12-Reference&prodId=SUIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CA148466272&mode=view&userGroupName=leyden&jsid=7dbe5a72d9760a14debac5652dc4ac93

8. El tango / Carlos Gardel (Search Encyclopedia Britannica, Biography Resource in Context, Student Resource in Context....)
"Gardel, Carlos." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010. Web. 6 Nov. 2010 <http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-9036053>.
"Carlos Gardel." Dictionary of Hispanic Biography. Gale, 1996. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 7 Nov. 2010.
Document URL: http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=K12-Reference&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1611000182&mode=view&userGroupName=leyden&jsid=2d2dd017615ea84110bcc240a82a0800

9. El arte (Search CultureGrams, Encyclopedia Britannica, Student Resource in Context....)

• "Argentina." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010. Web. 9 Nov. 2010 <http:www.school.eb.com/eb/article-33133>.
• "Argentina Street Art." World News Webcast.Web. 11 Nov 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G251UluKoA8> Note: History of the graffiti renaissance after the dictatorship, pointing out key art and artists off the beaten path from Chacarita to Villa Crespo and ending in Palermo.

10. Los deportes populares / atletas (Search CultureGrams, Encyclopedia Britannica, Student Resource in Context....)


11. Las ciudades importantes (Search CultureGrams, Encyclopedia Britannica, Student Resource in Context....)

12. La Guerra de las Malvinas (Search Encyclopedia Britannica,Global Issues in Context Student Resource in Context....

• "Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998.Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 7 Nov. 2010. Document URL: http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=K12-Reference&prodId=SUIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1631002412&mode=view&userGroupName=leyden&jsid=6ac73636fcf89683cad4ea75116674f9Note: Read for information about the Guerra de las Malvinas included in the article on Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri.

13. La Guerra Sucia (Encyclopedia Britannica, eLibrary, Ebsco Advanced Placement, Global Issues in Content, Student Resource in Context....)

• "Argentinians seek justice for..." (search Artiz AND Angel of Death using Global Issues in Context to view an Al Jazeera video covering Artiz role)
• "Mothers of Plaza del Mayo". Easy Buenos Aires. Web. 7 Nov 2010. http://www.easybuenosairescity.com/biografias/madres1.htm

14. Raúl Alfonsín

• Krauss, Clifford. "R. Alfonsin, 82, Dies; Led Argentina." New York Times 2 Apr. 2009: B11(L). Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 7 Nov. 2010.Document URL: http://ic.galegroup.com:80/ic/suic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=News&prodId=SUIC&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CA196946031&userGroupName=leyden&jsid=36e608171ac6edbe0cc479cba6dd386c

15.Carlos Menem

• "Profile: Former Argentine President Carlos Menem.(11:00 AM-12:00 Noon)(Broadcast transcript)." Morning Edition 2 Aug. 2002. Global Issues In Context. Web. 7 Nov. 2010.Document URL: http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&idigest=7d5f4fef47fe76cc412ba9641a3423f4&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=GIC&docId=A162139465&source=gale&userGroupName=leyden&version=1.0

16. El gobierno hoy
Use Global Issues in Context (database)
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

17. El sistema escolar (CultureGrams, Encyclopedia Britannica....)

CIBER VIAJE: PUERTO RICO

Websites:

CIA Worldfactbook, Puerto Rico

Official Website of the Puerto Rican Government

Welcome to Puerto Rico


Databases:
Culturgrams - Puerto Rico